i was planning on writing something witty
but then i opened another friends blog
and the words of a poem fell ripe on my ears
and i remembered the suffering
of this world that spins around me
and suddenly my own silly mumblings
are insignificant and utterly base
in their pathetic selfishness
i want so much to be self-less
yet i find that too often
i wrap myself in what i know
what i think, what i want
and forget the excruciatingly painful
cries of a wold in need